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I am sorry for the previous ask.😅 Actually I have seen previous people including Bryan Fuller himself i.e

‘We realize that neither Abel Gideon nor am Du Maurier are suitable substitutes for Will Graham. So he then, acknowledging that and talking it through with Bedelia, starts to set into motion the events that will draw everyone to him.’ -Bryan Fuller

make comparisons between Bedelia and Gideon. Many people say that Gideon took an identity which was not his to take i.e Chesapeake Ripper and hence Hannibal eats his leg. Similarly Bedelia takes an identity which was not her's to take i.e Hannibal's wife which belonged to Will. Hence Hannibal and Will eat her leg that way? What do you think?

I’d need the full context to understand what Bryan said… If you’re asking me specifically about a comparison between Bedelia and Gideon…. firstly, I don’t think Bedelia was a substitute for Will in Italy. Hannibal would not have taken her had Will went with him, sure, but it’s not like he took her as a replacement for Will. It was a coincidence that she went at all. I think the comparison between Bedelia and Gideon exists more in the idea that Bedelia couldn’t distract Hannibal from Will’s absence, and neither could Gideon (re: Gideon telling Hannibal that Hannibal wishes he was dining with Will instead). So to say, Bedelia wasn’t enough to satisfy Hannibal’s loneliness, despite Bedelia’s intelligence and keen observational skills, the way Will could, if that makes sense? In s3e1, Gideon and Bedelia are paralleled for this very reason: to compare how Hannibal fares in the company of interesting, strong, intelligent people, and how he still craves Will’s company, and they both know he does. There is NO WAY he can move on from Mizumono, like he expected to have! And this results in him trying to lead Will back to him through leaving murder breadcrumbs for him to follow. I think that’s what Bryan meant maybe, of course, again, I’d need the full context. As for Hannibal eating Bedelia… Bedelia “belongs” to Hannibal the same way Alana, and by proxy, Margot and their son “belong” to Hannibal. They each entered his orbit, and he likes them, so he will eat them. That is the finale he has chosen for them. It is an expression of his control over their lives. Basically, he controls when and how they die, and what happens to them in their death. That is his expression of “affection”.